Wordle Answer for August 16, 2022
Players who opened Wordle on August 16, 2022 were trying to land on GRUEL. We've kept the day's hints around so you can revisit them — or use the archive to settle a debate about a tricky past puzzle.
The answer
GRUEL
What gruel means
A thin, watery porridge made by boiling oatmeal or other grain in milk or water, often eaten as an invalid's food or in institutions.
Where the word comes from
From Middle English gruel, borrowed from Old French gruel, which came from Latin cremor meaning "broth" or "thick liquid." The Latin root likely traces back to cremare, "to burn" or "to consume," though the semantic path from burning to broth is uncertain. The word entered English through Norman French and has referred to a thin, watery porridge made by boiling oatmeal or other grains in water or milk since medieval times.
Hints for August 16, 2022
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of gruel
- gruelling
- punishing
- arduous
- laborious
- backbreaking
- toilsome
- labourious
- hard
Used in a sentence
The hungry child stirred the thin _____ in her bowl, hoping for something more substantial to eat.
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